In DD's update he says that Ricky Jean Francois played. I think this is his first action this year. Did we play him because he is on the track team and surely they are not going to redshirt him. I was wondering because it seems like a weird time to lose a redshirt. I also think he is going to wind up being a great pass rusher. I also think the Beckwith kid and Highsmith are going to be a great LB tandem.
Track and football are two different sports...you can red-shirt in one and not the other. Just some general info, i dont know anything about this case in particular.
His being on the track team since he is not on a track scholarship shouldn't effect his ability to redshirt in football I would think.
Some kids just really don't want to redshirt. Barrington Edwards didn't want to redshirt his freshman year, even though he was #4 on the chart. He preferred playing special teams and losing a year of elligibility to sitting out a season of football. I bet he wishes he had it back now. Les has also stated that a freshman will play if the team needs him. Perhaps the coach needs to develop a little depth for the stretch run.
